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Between the waters (twin rivers Tigeris and Euphrates)
(modern day Iraq) |
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| at the top of the Gulf, the first great city |
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| Important sumerian city-state |
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| rolling pin like object used as a label when presssed in clay to makr property |
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| pyrimid LIKE structure, artifical mountain, stepped pyrimid, shrine goes at the top, made of mud-brick, were NOT used as tombs |
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| definite groups of distinct horizontal bands, potray status NOT prespective, comes around when writing comes around |
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| slab structure (see stele of hammurabi) |
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900-600 BCE
Modern day Syria
Sturdy construction, built great cidedels, low relief sculptures on the wall that were painting, depicted lots of violence, lots of definition of muscles |
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Guardian beast (composit beast-made of different animals) human head (with beard), wings, body of a bull (or other bovine) list of characteristics (wisdom, swiftness, power)
5 legs- 2 to be seen from the front, 4 to be seen from the side.
15-20 feet tall |
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Title- warka vase
classification-sumerian
date or century- ca 3100 BCE |
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Title- Standard of Ur
Classification- Sumerian
Date or century- ca 2500 |
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Title-Victory Stele of Naram- Sin
Classification- Akkadian
Date or century- 23rd cent BCE |
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Title- Stele of Hammurabi
Classification- Neo-sumerian
Date or Century- 18th cent |
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title- Lamassu From Khorsabad
Classification- Assyrian
Date or century- 8th cent |
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Title- Ishtar Gate
Classification- Neo-babylonian
Date or Century- 6th cent BCE |
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Title- Palace at Persepolis
classification- Persian
Date or Century- 6-5th cent BCE |
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